MUSINGS ON BASEBALL FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER

Sabermetrics

The Trance of Waiting will likely utilize some, or even many, Sabermetric principles and statistics, the like of which can be found at online baseball destinations such as Fangraphs, Baseball-Reference, and so on. We hope you are at least somewhat familiar with these metrics and what they aim to accomplish. If not, we would encourage you to browse around a bit at a glossary such as this one, and revel in the wondrous pursuit of objective analysis in the imperfect and human-driven sport of baseball. It’s hilarious if nothing more.